Halito Woods. Finally home from my weekend. Got home earlier this afternoon, cleaned up and sat down for a nap. Feel a bit more rested!!! I'll have to take some short trips to catch up here, but just thought I'd drop in and start a little lurking.....
You got your wish. I'm no longer using this pipe. I changed the oil this morning and heard it rattling a little. The muffler was just a little twisted, so I decided to remove the bolts. I let it cool some and went to take them out. They turned maybe half a turn and locked up. The heads ended up snapping off. 1/2 combination wreck, so not much force. Then I tried grabbing what was left and snapped the bolt further down. I tried drilling and using an extracor bit and snapped the bit. Finally, I tried welding a nut to what little was left and used a wrench to back it out. It snapped. I took it to a shop and they couldn't do any better.
You could learn something from the following post…..
Originally Posted by NoRegerts
……….WD40 if it's not stuck too bad, penetrating oil if it is. Get it warm, then shoot it on the joint, let it cool and hit it again. It will break free.
Well I'm screwed. We can't drill the stainless out and I don't have the ability to weld it. The stainless work hardens and gets harder than the bit I'm using to cut. So I'm done.
Yup Chris. I use a 120,000 tensil strength arc welding rod to weld a nut on and wood have to pre heat the threads before removing the bolt. SS can be a pain.
You could learn something from the following post…..
That was getting the muffler off. That was not my problem here. The muffle is off just fine. My options are the FM pipe in stainless or the Bassani in black, because stainless is out of stock everywhere. I've called everyone that sells the pipe and no one has it in stainless.
That was getting the muffler off. That was not my problem here. The muffle is off just fine. My options are the FM pipe in stainless or the Bassani in black, because stainless is out of stock everywhere. I've called everyone that sells the pipe and no one has it in stainless.
08-15-2022, 03:30 PM
